Re: [ga] Re: Joker.com filing "common law" .info claims

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>]

John,

It is a common misconception that registrars are somehow prohibited from
stockpiling. There are no such restrictions in any ICANN/Registry agreement
that I am aware of.

-rwr

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Berryhill Ph.D. J.D." <john@johnberryhill.com>
To: <admin@consumer.net>; "[GA]" <ga@dnso.org>; "Dan Halloran"
<halloran@icann.org>; <touton@icann.org>; <mclaughlin@pobox.com>
Cc: <michael@palage.com>; <afilias@joker.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 11:56 AM
Subject: [ga] Re: Joker.com filing "common law" .info claims


> Russ,
>
> What I don't understand about this is that the registrars' operating
> agreement with ICANN is supposed to prohibit them from stockpiling domains
> for their own benefit.
>
> I realize that ICANN has its hands full, busily maintaining Internet
> stability all day, but does anyone there monitor registrar compliance with
> the accreditation agreement?  Or care?
>
> There would not appear to be any incentive on ICANN's part to do anything
> about, though.  ICANN is not an aggrieved party to registrar accreditation
> violations, and it will be a cold day in a hot place if any registrar were
> ever to get its ticket yanked.  Won't happen.  It is one of those jobs
like
> monitoring dispute resoluton service provider compliance - nice idea, but
> where's the incentive to actually do it?
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
>
>
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